Dictionary Definition
binder
Noun
1 a machine that cuts grain and binds it in
sheaves [syn: reaper
binder]
2 something used to bind separate particles
together or facilitate adhesion to a surface
3 holds loose papers or magazines [syn: ring-binder]
4 something used to tie or bind [syn: ligature]
User Contributed Dictionary
Pronunciation
- /ˈbaɪndə/
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- Rhymes: -aɪndə(r)
Noun
- Someone who binds, particularly someone who binds books; a bookbinder.
- A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages etc.
- Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.
- Adossier.
- In the context of "agriculture": A machine used in harvesting that ties cut stalks of grain into a bundle.
- A chemical that causes two other substances to form into one.
- A down payment on a piece of real property that secures the payor the right to purchase the property from the payee upon an agreement of terms.
- i Chiefly Minnesota A rubber band.
Derived terms
Translations
someone who binds, particularly someone who
binds books; a bookbinder
- Finnish: kirjansitoja
cover or holder for unbound papers, pages etc.
something that is used to bind things
together
dossier
machine used in harvesting that ties cut stalks
of grain into a bundle
chemical that causes two other substances to
form into one
down payment on a piece of real property
Anagrams
Extensive Definition
The reaper-binder, or binder, was a farm
implement that improved upon the reaper. The binder was invented
in 1872 by Charles
Withington. In addition to cutting the small-grain crop, it
would also tie the stems into small bundles, or sheaves. These sheaves were then
'shocked' into conical stooks, resembling small tipis, to allow the grain to dry
for several days before being threshed.
Withington's original binder used wire to tie the
bundles. There were various problems with using wire and it was not
long before William
Deering invented a binder that used twine and a knotter (invented 1858
by John
Appleby). John Appleby produced his invention in Beloit,
Wisconsin.
Early binders were horse-drawn and powered by a
bull wheel. Later models were tractor-drawn. The implement had a
reel and a sickle bar,
like a modern grain head for a combine
harvester, or combine. The cut stems would fall onto a canvas, which conveyed the crop
to the binding mechanism. This mechanism bundled the stems of grain
and tied a piece of twin around the bundle. Once this was tied, it
was discharged from the back of the binder.
With the replacement of the threshing
machine by the combine, the binder became almost obsolete. Some
grain crops such as oats are
now cut and formed into windrows with a swather. With other grain crops
such as wheat, the grain
is now mostly cut and threshed by a combine in a single operation,
while the binder is still in use at small fields or outskirts of
mountain areas.
binder in German: Mähbinder
binder in French: Moissonneuse-lieuse
binder in Luxembourgish: Bënner
binder in Japanese: バインダー (農業機械)
binder in Polish: Snopowiązałka
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Ace bandage, Band-Aid, acquitment, acquittal, acquittance, adhesive tape,
amortization,
amortizement,
application,
band, bandage, bandaging, binding, brace, cash, cash payment, cast, cataplasm, clearance, compress, cotton, court plaster, cravat, debt service, defrayal, defrayment, deposit, disbursal, discharge, doling out, down
payment, dressing, dust
jacket, earnest, earnest
money, elastic bandage, envelope, envelopment, epithem, four-tailed bandage,
gauze, gift wrapping, hire
purchase, hire purchase plan, installment, installment
plan, interest payment, jacket, lint, liquidation, monthly
payments, never-never, paying, paying off, paying out,
paying up, payment,
payment in kind, payoff,
plaster, plaster cast,
pledget, poultice, prepayment, quarterly
payments, quittance,
regular payments, remittance, retirement, roller, roller bandage, rubber
bandage, satisfaction, settlement, sinking-fund
payment, sling, splint, sponge, spot cash, stupe, tampon, tape, tent, tourniquet, triangular
bandage, weekly payments, wrap, wrapper, wrapping